The splicing factor U2AF35 mediates critical protein-protein interactions in constitutive and enhancer-dependent splicing

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1356-1368

  Zuo, Ping ^a   Maniatis, Tom ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

pre mRNAs; RNA; splicing; SR proteins; U2AF

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RNA PRECURSOR; U2AF1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; ENHANCER REGION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA SPLICING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING;

ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0029665533     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.11.1356     Document Type: Article

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